mulligrubs

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Idleness lies in bed sick of the mulligrubs where industry finds health and wealth.

From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by Fuller, O. E. (Osgood Eaton)

To this class belongs mulligrubs, for which we find in the 17th century also mouldy grubs.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

He is in great force now that he has got rid of his Grenoble mulligrubs.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry

Bully Brainsick, Pug has sent me to you on an embassy, to bring you down to cards again; she is in her mulligrubs already; she will never forgive you the last vol you won.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir

He ain't a very lively picter, is he?" remarked little Mr. Bouncer, with the air of a connoisseur; "peakyish you feel, don't you, now, with a touch of the mulligrubs in your collywobbles?

From Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Bede, Cuthbert